Homburger

Izraelevitz

Julian Homburger '13 and Adam Izraelevitz '13 are among this year's recipients of Barry M. Goldwater Scholarships, which support college students intent on careers in science, math or engineering.

Homburger is a biology major in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences. He works in the lab of Nathan Sutter, assistant professor of clinical sciences in the College of Veterinary Medicine, investigating the genetic basis of diversity in the domestic dog. Homburger presented his work at the 2011 National Conference on Undergraduate Research and at the 2011 Cornell Summer Institute for the Life Sciences symposium. This summer he will conduct research at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory.

In addition, Homburger serves on the student advisory board for the Rawlings Cornell Presidential Research Scholars. As a member of the polo team his freshman year, he was named to Cornell's 400 Club (achieving a 4.0 GPA as a varsity athlete). He plans to pursue doctoral work in genomics or bioinformatics.

Izraelevitz is an electrical and computer engineering major in the College of Engineering. In summer 2011, supported by an Engineering Learning Initiatives grant, he worked under David Albonesi, professor of electrical and computer engineering, on research related to reducing the power consumption of microprocessor chips. The previous two summers, he interned at Los Alamos National Laboratory, studying the application of statistical methodologies to design prototypes, which led to a first-author publication in the journal Quality Engineering. This summer he will be an intern at Intel's Jones Farm campus in Oregon.

Izraelevitz is a senior trip leader for Cornell's Outdoor Odyssey and musical director of Chai Notes, Cornell's Jewish a cappella group. He plans to earn a Ph.D. in computer architecture.

Goldwater Scholarships, established in 1986 to honor Sen. Barry M. Goldwater, are awarded based on academic merit and research experience. The scholarship provides $7,500 toward tuition, fees, books, room and board. This year's 282 Goldwater scholars were selected from a field of 1,123 students nominated by their colleges and universities. Since 1991, 53 Cornell students have won Goldwater scholarships.